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The Successors:

Ep 2: Mahota Commune

02 Jan 2018 10:00AM(Updated: 09 Jan 2018 03:00PM)

Fourth generation successor, Tan Yongshao believes in focusing more on changing market trends and less on executing an old success formula in order to sustain growth in his family business. With his new venture Mahota Commune, he introduces a holistic wellness concept offering experiential retail.

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About the show:

They're scions of long-established family businesses in Asia who are charting their own course and raising the cachet. What motivates these heirs and younger leaders? How do they cope with family dynamics and transform old management wisdom into exciting new vision? Catch The Successors season 6, an insightful documentary series with 8 captivating stories. Meet Isabel Beng Tesoro who keeps younger customers hooked on heritage gift wares in the Philippines; Ee Soon Wei of The Royal Press who transforms one of the oldest surviving polyglot letterpress printing houses in the world to a hip hangout joint for creative entrepreneurs in Malaysia; Tan Yong Shao of Mahota Commune who creates a new holistic lifestyle retail concept in Singapore; rebellious successor Angjolie Mei who redefines funeral business while competing alongside with her mother; reluctant successor Fong Loo Fern of Singapore's oldest custom shirt maker CYC who wants to be a cut above others with her new online strategy.

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